GIRLS BASKETBALL: Camarillo ends Valley View's season

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MORENO VALLEY - For much of the last four years, twins Geralynn and Geraldynn have terrorized opponents in the CIF-Southern Section.

On Saturday evening, Moreno Valley Valley View got a taste of just how unpleasant facing Camarillo's talented sisters can be.

The Cal Poly SLO-bound Leaupepes combined for 65 points and 20 rebounds, and the top-seeded Scorpions beat the Eagles 89-70 in the CIF-SS Division 1A quarterfinals.

âThey can do it all,â Valley View coach Leigh Ann Long said of the twins. âThey can shoot the three, they can hit a pull-up jumper, post up, they jump very well...They're probably the most athletic kids I've seen in a while.â

Geralynn led the way with game highs of 48 points and 12 rebounds, while Geraldynn had 17 points, eight rebounds, six assists and five steals despite spending significant time on the bench in foul trouble.

Led by the senior sisters, Camarillo scored (26-3) at least 22 points in each of the final three quarters. Valley View entered allowing only 42.4 points per game.

âI've been telling people 'Good luck trying to take the last game in high school away from these two kids',â Scorpions coach Michaeltore Smith said. âThey're phenomenal all the time. People want to double- and triple-team them, but they still find ways to score and that's what makes them special.â

Valley View led after the first quarter, but the good times didn't last long. Camarillo seized the lead midway through the second quarter and took a 41-33 lead into halftime, stretched it to 67-50 by the end of the third quarter and led by at least 15 the rest of the way.

DiJinai Williams had 25 points and five rebounds to lead the eighth-seeded Eagles (22-8), who fell in the quarterfinals for the second year in a row. Taylor Long added 24 points and Tatyana McFarland contributed 13 points and nine rebounds off the bench.

âIf we would've played better defense then I think we coud've stopped them, but we're not going to hang our heads and focus on the negative,â McFarland said. âIt was a great season, we played hard, and I feel like we went out with a bang.â

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